My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts

Re:My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts by theorique on Sunday March 24, 2013 @10:53PM (#5435078)

Would you consider it sexist if someone started a developer list only for people that identify as male? Would you consider it racist if white people started a conference where only white people could attend?

From the perspective of contemporary social justice theory, such things would indeed be considered sexist and/or racist because they are used to support privilege, whereas a women-only context or Black-only context would be used to deconstruct privilege.

(Some people consider this standpoint is completely insane, while others consider it a self-evident truth.)

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Re:My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts by tiredofcareer on Sunday March 24, 2013 @10:59PM (#5435106)

You rephrased my comment's discussion of privilege and wrote it back to me. The parenthetical is what I'm asking about.

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Re:My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts by theorique on Sunday March 24, 2013 @11:17PM (#5435189)

My personal answer would depend on whether I were talking candidly with my buddies at the bar, or taking a mandatory seminar in order to get rubber stamped for "diversity education" for my HR file.

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Re:My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts by tiredofcareer on Sunday March 24, 2013 @11:20PM (#5435203)

I'm intrigued that you'd give a different answer for each scenario.

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Re:My experiences in tech: Death by 1000 paper cuts by theorique on Monday March 25, 2013 @10:14AM (#5437039)

You need to know your audience, and know what they are prepared to hear. No sense in risking your career over a meaningless political point.

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